Lundby eases to another World Cup win
BySportsbeat
Published 21/01/2018 at 13:03 GMT
Maren Lundby continued her dominance in the women's ski jumping after leaping to her sixth World Cup victory of the season in Zao.
The Norwegian recorded a score of 245.9 after jumps of 97m and 101m to power to another World Cup win, her fifth in a row.
Japan's Yuki Ito finished second on home slopes with 215.7, while Sara Takanashi's third-place finish of 215.4 gave the crowd more reason to cheer.
For 23-year-old Lundby, it rounds off a flawless round of racing in Japan after two triumphs in Sapporo before a further two successes in Zao.
"It was not easy today, after my first jump I almost fell," she said. "But I am extremely happy about the results here in Japan. It is unbelievable."
And with two second-place finishes in the other rounds this season, the Norwegian is well clear at the top of the overall rankings.
She sits pretty on 760 points, 260 clear of Germany's Katharina Althaus in second with Takanashi third on 470.
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